Cezar Tistor article – published Thursday, May 22, 2025, 12:38 / Updated Thursday, May 22, 2025 12:44
Metallica, the most popular Thrash Metal band in the world, will perform on the National Arena on May 13, 2026, with the Gojira and Knocked Loose bands specially invited.
Stopping in Bucharest is part of the Metallica M72 world tour. Also in May 2026, the American band will perform in Greece, Poland, Germany and Switzerland.
Tickets will be put up for sale on Friday, May 30, at 10:00, the Emagic organizer announced.
In addition to Bucharest, the European team of the band will also include Lisbon, Barcelona, Milan, Berlin, Dublin, Budapest or Warsaw. It will be the fifth time that Metallica concerts in the Capital, after 1999 (Lia Manoliu), 2008 (Cotroceni), 2010 (Romexpo) and 2019 (National Arena). In several of the mentioned cities, posters of “teaser” appeared, with the band's logo.
Since the 2011 inauguration, the National Arena has been the host of several important concerts: Coldplay, Depeche Mode, Guns N'Roses, Ed Sheeran or Red Hot Chilli Peppers.
Metallica, again in Bucharest in 2026!
Metallica is one of the most influential and successful heavy metal troops of all time, founded in 1981 in Los Angeles by Lars Ulrich and guitarist James Hetfield. Throughout his career, the band has become a symbol of the Thrash Metal genre, contributing decisively to its popularization along with other bands such as Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax-known together as the “Big Four” of Thrash.
Their 1991 album, known as The Black Album, has marked a change to a more accessible sound and became one of the best -selling albums in history. With iconic pieces such as “Enter Sandman”, “Master of Puppets”, “One” and “Nothing Else Matters”, Metallica conquered fans from all over the world and influenced generations of musicians.
Throughout the decades, the band has released innovative albums, has won numerous Grammy awards and held legendary concerts on all continents. Ten studio albums released Metallica: Kill 'Em All (1983), Ride the Lightning (1984), Master of Puppets (1986), … and Justice for All (1988), Metallica (1991), Load (1996), Reload (1997), St.Anger (2003), Death Magnetic (2008), Hardwired … Tof- (2016) and 72 seasons (202
